DUKE OF GLOUCESTER STREET Copyrighted, 1943, by William C. Ewing Illustrations on cover and page 17 are used by courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. The Dietz Printing Company Richmond, Virginia...

We hope you will enjoy your stay in Williamsburg. This is the only historically important town in America which has changed so little in two hundred years. We who live in Williamsburg love it. We hope you will stay long enough to get sentimental over it, too. To help you get the most out of your visit we offer the following suggestions: 1. Williamsburg is not a museum. It is a living community. 2. The chief value of Williamsburg is its atmosphere. But for our having a few automobiles and new-fan

After the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 the population of the Virginia Colony gradually spread out from that center until, in 1633, it became desirable to develop farms in the territory between the James and York Rivers, which has ever since been called the Virginia Peninsula. From its position in relation to the rivers, this settlement was named Middle Plantation. The privilege of dwelling in this district was granted by the colonial legislature on condition that a Palisade be erected to keep

The first attempt to found a college in America had its inception at Jamestown in 1617. Land was secured near the present site of Richmond and considerable endowment was invested in farm stock. Before operation of the college could begin, the whole undertaking was wiped out by the great Indian massacre of 1622. Two generations later a group of important citizens met at the house of Col. Page to make plans for an institution which would make advanced education possible without the necessity of go

Shortly after the College began to function, a fire at Jamestown destroyed the government building. As that location was quite malarial, it was deemed best to establish a new capital on higher ground and it was decided to locate it near the College at Middle Plantation. Legislation was enacted setting off for such purpose approximately what is now known as The Restoration Area, together with approaches through Capitol Landing Road from Queen Mary’s Port on Queen’s Creek and through South Henry S

During the first tenure of Rev. W. A. R. Goodwin as Rector of Bruton Parish, in 1905, the restoration of the church building to its early condition was begun. While no great alteration had ever been made to its exterior, the interior arrangements had been modified to such an extent as to make it scarcely recognizable. The entire arrangement, both within and without, was now returned, as nearly as available information permitted, to its condition after an enlargement that had been made in 1751. D

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